Harry Vaslo and Anthony Victor

Professor Shawn McElmurry

CE 4240: Environmental Engineering Design

11/20/2018

Design Project #3: Sewer Collection System

For this design project, we were tasked with designing a sewer main for the Bastogne

Retirement Center. We were tasked with providing a plan view of the sewer system, a cross

section of the sewer system, and a sewer design table describing the flows in each of our lines.

We are also to provide the volume of a wet well for a lift station and design a force main that

would both service the community. In this paper, we will summarize our choices made when

designing this system and provide sample calculations from our sewer design table. We will also

provide the volume and other design aspects of our lift station and pump.

We were to assume the retirement center has a population of 210 people, an average daily

flow of 500 liters per capita per day, a peak hourly flow of 6.8, and an infiltration rate of 40 liters

per day (per millimeter of pipe diameter and kilometer of pipe length). There are 3 apartment

complexes and 15 duplexes that feed into our system. Each apartment is occupied by 50

residents, and each duplex is occupied by 4 residents. We assumed all buildings will have

basements.

We decided to use polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe for our design, due to its corrosion

resistance and low mass per unit length. We assumed that the pipe would deteriorate, giving us a

Manning’s ​n​ value of 0.013. We also assumed our ​n​ would vary with depth. Our design calls for

24 manholes to be included in the system, starting with MH 101 and ending with MH 124.
Attached to this report is a plan view of the system showing the locations and distances between

each manhole. Our first line is between MH 101 and MH 102, which has one apartment complex

feeding into it. The following are sample calculations from our sewer design table that shows the

elevations and flows of this line:

Line : 1

F rom M H : 101

T o M H : 102

Length of Line (m) : 66

P ipe Diameter (m) : 0.2

m3 day
F low f rom Apartment (m3 /s) : 50 capita * 500 liters
capita * day * 1000 liters * 86400 s
= 2.894e − 4

m3 day
F low f rom Inf iltration (m3 /s * m * m) : 40 liters
day * mm * km * 1000 liters *
1 km
1000 m *
1000 mm
m * 86400 s
= 4.630e − 7

T otal F low (m3 /s) : (2.894e − 4 * 6.8) + (4.630e − 7 * 0.2 * 66) = 0.00197

U pper M H (m) (Ground Elevation) : 485.5

Lower M H (m) (Ground Elevation) : 486.5

485.5 − 486.5
Grade of Surf ace (m/m) : 66
= − 0.01515

Grade of Sewer (m/m) : 0.033

V elocity F lowing F ull (m/s) : (0.397/0.013) * 0.22/3 * 0.0331/2 = 1.8972

Qf ull (m3 /s) : 1.8972 * ((0.22 ) * π )/4) = 0.0596

Q/Qf ull : 0.00197/0.0596 = 0.0331

v /v f ull (taken f rom F igure 19 − 9) : 0.4

V elocity (m/s) : 0.4 * 1.8972 = 0.7589

F all of Sewer (m) : 0.033 * 66 = 2.178

U pper M H (m) (Invert Elevation) : 485.5 − 3.35 = 482.15

Lower M H (m) (Invert Elevation) : 482.15 − 2.178 = 479.972

Depth of Lower M H (m) : 486.5 − 479.972 = 6.528

All of our design decisions result in flows and depths that meet minimum design

requirements: our velocity is above 0.6 m/sec, our pipe cover depth is below 12 m, and our

sewer grade is above 0.0040 m/m. These requirements are met in every one of lines, which can

be found in our sewer design table attached to this report. There are also surface profiles and

sewer profiles attached to this report, which visualize the changes in elevations and dimensions

of lines between manholes.

For designing our lift station and pump, we first calculated the lift station volume. We

assumed the pump capacity was equal to the peak flow from the sewer into the wet well. Using

our peak calculated flow of 0.00806m​3​/s, the volume required would be 3.63m​3​. Since we are

assuming a wet well diameter of 2m, the height from low to high level would be 1.16m.

Therefore the total height from low level of the wet well to invert at the WWTP would be

14.96m. A pump from the Cornell Pump Company was chosen based on these specs. Two of

these pumps would be installed in the dry side of the lift station. They would alternate pumping

cycles for the lift station. With 4” inlet and outlet, these pumps meet the minimum 100mm inlet

size and are able to pass a 3”(80mm) diameter solid. The total head loss through the force main

was calculated to be 9.21m. The pump would meet the required volume, velocity and head

needed to pump to the WWTP. Our pump curve and an illustration of our lift station are included

with this report.

 Using our engineering judgement, we made design choices that resulted in a sewer

system that provides proper flows and velocities throughout all lines in the system. Using our

calculated flows and velocities, we were also able to design a lift station that would effectively

transport waste away from the area. In conclusion, the people living in the Bastogne Retirement

Center will not have to worry about wastewater being backed up in their system if our design is

implemented.